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The Information of <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n2065-1">Thomas<lb></lb>
Spencer</rs>
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taken before me <rs type="persName" id="LMOBPS45032_n2065-21">George<lb></lb>
Aird</rs>
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<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ720">Esquire</rs>
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, One of his Majesty's<lb></lb>
<rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ721">Justices of the Peace</rs>
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for the said<lb></lb>
County, this <rs type="date" id="LMOBPS45032_date334">Eleventh Day of<lb></lb>
August one Thousand, Seven<lb></lb>
Hundred and Eight Seven</rs>
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<p n="2066">Who being duly Sworn, upon his Oath sayeth<lb></lb>
that he as a <rs type="occupation" id="LMOBPS45032_occ722">Carpenter</rs>
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by Trade, lives at <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1993">Hays</rs>
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M<obscured></obscured>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1994">Berkley Square</rs>
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, and is lately come<lb></lb>
from <rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1995">Gloucestershire</rs>
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, that Yesterday he was<lb></lb>
going along Oxford Shut in the Partick of<lb></lb>
<rs type="placeName" id="LMOBPS45032_geo1996">Saint Mary le bone</rs>
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about Two oClock in the<lb></lb>
Afternoon taken he was accosted by a short<lb></lb>
Man, not Yet taken who tolk'd to him about<lb></lb>
the Wind & Weather, that they walked up the<lb></lb>
said Street together when in a short time<lb></lb>
the said Man told this Informants, he saw<lb></lb>
something upon the Foot way at a little<lb></lb>
Distance and that he believed it to be that<lb></lb>
some Lady Shad dropp'd her Garter, that<lb></lb>
they went up to it, together, when it appear'd<lb></lb>
to be a Purse, which the said Man pick'd<lb></lb>
up and put into his Coat Pocket and prop<obscured></obscured>
<lb></lb>
to this Informant that he Should have a<lb></lb>
Share of whatever was in it, and went with<lb></lb>
him into a Field not for off to have an<lb></lb>
Apportunity of examining it, that when there<lb></lb>
they both Sat down upon a Bank, when the<lb></lb>
said Man<del>took out</del>
open'd the Purse and<lb></lb>
took out a Paper or Letter, Setting him he could<lb></lb>
not read and asked him if he could, when this<lb></lb>
Informant replied that he was not very<lb></lb>
<obscured></obscured>
but would try, which he did and<lb></lb>
Discover'd it to be a Bill and Receipt of a<lb></lb>
Diamond Ring of the Price of 136 Guineas</p>
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